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Definition of compel in English:

compel

verb

‘For a split second, I thought about ignoring the call, but something compelled me to answer.’

‘Davis was compelled to answer questions about Knight's comportment and coaching methods.’

‘One cannot bear to see a person in pain or starving, so his sense of sympathy compels him to help that person.’

‘The realization of these facts definitely plants within him a deep sense of accountability that compels him to lead a responsible life in this world.’

‘Blood binds us, duty compels us to serve the Throne, to give up our lives if need be to protect those upon the Throne and those destined by fate to ascend to it when the time comes.’

‘He could leave for Philadelphia with his new bride as planned, but duty compels him to stay and meet his fate.’

‘Sometimes the scope of our expanding requirements and resource constraints may compel us to select a provider of services other than the military, even though we have assumed a greater risk by doing so.’

‘After I left the parking lot of the store, something compelled me to drive around.’

‘If you do not have a work permit or residency then when your passbook comes up for renewal it is being said that the banks are refusing to issue a new one, thereby compelling you to withdraw your funds.’

‘Duty and honor compel him to return to face his foe despite the vehement protestations of Amy, a Quaker.’

‘Yet his insecurity stems from an over-riding sense of decency that compels him to do the right thing and act honestly, even when the world around him consistently does the opposite.’

‘My paper was so badly reviewed that I was compelled to withdraw the paper.’

‘A public-works agency can compel you to sell your land.’

‘They can exercise a subtle, unseen influence, somewhat like a magnetic field or centripetal force, compelling us inexorably back on ourselves.’

‘A sense of natural justice compels me to speak out in defense of mimes who cannot speak for themselves.’

‘Having a privatization agency compels you, or those who run the institution, to privatize because that is their business.’

‘To all those who complain that we are compelled by sinister forces on the high street to buy gifts for people that they do not need and do not want I say: tell me who they are.’

‘First they demanded we agree there was no serious or imminent danger compelling us to withdraw our labour.’

‘One can only hope that his ego gets the best of his common sense this off-season, compelling him to exercise his free agent rights and sign with another team.’